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Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and extract. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.

Divide dough in half; add 6-7 drops of food coloring to one half. Shape tablespoonfuls of each color of dough into 4-in. ropes. Place ropes side by side; lightly press ends together and twist. Place on ungreased baking sheets; curve to form canes.

Bake at 375° for 9-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Combine crushed candy canes and sugar; immediately sprinkle over cookies. Cool for 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.Yield: 3 dozen.

Originally published as Candy Cane Cookies in Country Woman Christmas
1996, p30

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"These have been a family favorite since I was a little girl, and is now a duty which has been passed onto me. Only thing I do different is I use half a cup of butter and half a cup of shortening. This makes the dough more workable. This will make about 36 cookies per batch as it should say use 1 teaspoon of each color dough into 4 in ropes. I've also found it easier to use parchment paper on the cookie sheet. These cookies are very fragile when they first come out of the oven, and the parchment paper makes for a great backdrop/easy clean up from the sprinkling of the sugar/mint topping."

"I would only make this recipe again if I could not find another one that is better! The recipe says is makes 3 dozen - 36!- cookies...NO WAY!! It says to use "TABLESPOONFULS OF EACH DOUGH"-there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY to get 36 cookies out of this recipe doing that! I must have looked at the recipe everytime I scooped up a spoonful of dough! And to only make the ropes 4" long is NOT long enough! There is NO WAY the cookies pictured on the recipe page were made like the recipe!! And that is very disappointing!"

"The almond extract does not go with the peppermint sprinkled on the outside. I will look at the other similar recipes to see if I can find something that tastes better. These didn't taste bad, but they tasted like a typical butter cookie."

"I just got done making these cookies and i really enjoyed making them. I was a little skeptical at first but they were so cute i had to try them even though the reviews were not that great. Next time i am going to try using peppermint extract instead. But, the whole family loves them so deffinatlry will make them again."